Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of with blue and white enameled

with blue and white enameled reverse centre displaying the cyphers of Isabella I and Ferdinand II

independent ribbons

As Senior Officer in the Japanese Prisoner of War Camp at Yokohama

D-132343 Gunner (Artilleur) Roland Taillefer

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of with blue and white enameled(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak